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I don't think starting broke Bard, he was awful in September 2011 as well. I think he simply lost his mechanics and can't get them back. He's thinking about them instead of them being natural muscle memory.

I agree with SMJ in post 4. Bard's mechanics started breaking down in September 2011, and just got continually worse. In ST last year and in his first few starts they were decent, though off, and then Valentine hung him out to dry in a few starts and his already faltering mechanics completely fell apart. Bard seems like he's generally very cerebral for a pro athlete, and it seems to have gotten to the point where he's constantly thinking about what he's doing and completely incapable of using his muscle memory to pitch like he used to. I don't know how you can recover muscle memory, or if it's even possible. But it seems more like a case for a sports psychologist than a pitching coach to fix at this point.